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The Aeneidby Virgil, Patric DickinsonISBN 0451528638 (0-451-52863-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aeneid'Book summary:This deluxe edition of Virgil's epic poems, recounting the wanderings of Aeneas and his companions after the fall of Troy, contains an introduction by Allen Mandelbaum and fourteen powerful renderings created by Barry Moser to illustrate this volume.[via] ![[???]: The Age of Fable](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451624440.01._SL160_SCLZZZZZZZ__.jpg "[???]: The Age of Fable")
The Age of FableISBN 0451624440 (0-451-62444-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Age of Fableby Thomas BulfinchISBN 0460004727 (0-460-00472-7)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Age of Fable or Beauties of Mythologyby Thomas BulfinchISBN 0451628144 (0-451-62814-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Anatomy of Melancholyby Robert BurtonISBN 0460008862 (0-460-00886-2)
Hardcover, Dent
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'Book summary:Partial Contents: Definition of Melancholy; Causes of Melancholy; Bad Diet; Passions and Perturbations of the Mind; Symptoms or Signs of Melancholy in the body; Prognosticks of Melancholy; Unlawful Cures Rejected; Lawful Cures; Diet Rectified; Deformity of Body, Sickness, Baseness of Birth; Against Poverty and Want and other Adversities; Against: Servitude, Loss of Liberty, Imprisonment, Sorrow for death of Friends, Vain Fear, Envy, Emulation, Hatred, Ambition, Self-love, and all other Affections; Against: Repulse, Abuses, Injuries, Disgraces, Slanders; Cure of Melancholy all over the Body; Love-Melancholy; Symptoms or Signs of Love-Melancholy; Symptoms of Jealously, fear, sorrow, suspicion; Cure of Jealously; Religious Melancholy. An outstanding analysis of what melancholy is, its kinds, causes, symptoms, prognosticks, and several cures for it; Philosophically, Medicinally, and Historically. [via]
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The Aristosby John FowlesISBN 0452260442 (0-452-26044-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aristos'Book summary:Two years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he posited of constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was the Aristos, 'of a person or thing, the best or most excellent its kind'.'What I was really trying to define was an ideal of human freedom (the Aristos) in an unfree world,' wrote Fowles in 1965. He called a materialistic and over-conforming culture to reckoning with his views on a myriad of subjects - pleasure and pain, beauty and ugliness, Christianity, humanism, existentialism, socialism [via]
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The Art of Norval Morrisseauby Norval Morrisseau, Lister Sinclair, Jack PollockISBN 0458942308 (0-458-94230-8)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0452011523 (0-452-01152-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:Here are the world's most-loved stories, in a dynamic visual tour de force for today's readers. Each timeless myth is superbly presented in story form and enhanced with original art work by world-renowned artist Giovanni Caselli. Though Bulfinch's has been heralded for more than a century, it has never been published in so beautiful and accessible a format. Evocative four-color illustrations, many full-page, bring to life key events and characters of these universal tales and sagas -- from the Greek and Roman pantheon of gods to the heroes of the Crusades, from the exploits of Robin Hood to the feats of Richard the Lionheart. As enjoyable now as when Bulfinch first assembled them, these selections come from a variety of works -- Ovid's classic Metamorphoses, Egyptian myths, Eastern mythology, and Hindu, Norse, and Celtic sources. Together they form a remarkable tapestry of human endeavor: dreams, illusions, adventures, loves lost and loves found. In this handsome series, they speak to us afresh, across the ages, vivified through Caselli's inspired art. Original footnotes, indexes, and prefaces make this series not only entertaining, but completely authoritative as well. [via]
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Cycle of the Werewolfby Stephen KingISBN 0451822196 (0-451-82219-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cycle of the Werewolf'Book summary:When the full moon shines, a paralysing fear descends on the isolated Maine town of Tarker Mills. No one knows who will be attacked next, but snarls that sound like human words can be heard and all around are the footprints of a monster whose hunger cannot be sated. [via]
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The Day Laid on the Altarby Adria BernardiISBN 0452282578 (0-452-28257-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Day Laid on the Altar'Book summary:Set against the backdrop of sixteenth-century Italy, The Day Laid on the Altar re-creates a rich, vibrant world of art and beauty, in a tale that sweeps from a remote mountain village in the Tuscan hillside to Venice, where the master painter Titian grapples with the demands of fame and family while the plague is devastating Italy.
Interweaving the lives of humble peasants and unsung artisans with celebrated painters and patrons, The Day Laid on the Altar is a powerful meditation on the meaning of art, the mystery of creation, the fervor of religion, and of lives-great and small-touched by genius. It is a luminous, seamlessly written first novel by an author of prodigious literary gifts. [via]More editions of The Day Laid on the Altar:
Death of Rhythm and Bluesby Nelson GeorgeISBN 0452266971 (0-452-26697-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Dictionary of Symbolism: Cultural Icons and the Meanings Behind Themby Hans Biedermann, Hames HulbertISBN 0452011183 (0-452-01118-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Doctor's Wifeby Elizabeth BrundageISBN 0452286913 (0-452-28691-3)
Softcover, Plume
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The Ebony Towerby John FowlesISBN 0452267102 (0-452-26710-2)
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The Ethicsby Aristotle, John WarringtonISBN 0460005472 (0-460-00547-2)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Farmby CarrollISBN 0458979007 (0-458-97900-7)
Hardcover, Routledge
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A Field Guide to American Architectureby Carole RifkindISBN 0452252245 (0-452-25224-5)
Softcover, New American Library
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Five Acres and Independenceby Maurice Grenville KainsISBN 0452252377 (0-452-25237-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Fountainheadby Ayn RandISBN 0452273331 (0-452-27333-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A French Affair: The Paris Beat 1965-1998by Mary BlumeISBN 0452282039 (0-452-28203-9)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A French Affair: The Paris Beat 1965-1998'Book summary:Even the most dedicated expat rarely manages to completely fit into an adopted foreign culture. It's precisely this quality that allows American Mary Blume to so thoughtfully observe and record Paris, the city that's served as her home for over three decades, though its ways may still mystify her. In A French Affair--a collection of essays published in the International Herald Tribune--the columnist deftly captures the quirks and changes that are visible only to those who live in France, though they may be most interesting to those who don't.
In these commentaries--ranging from the opening of invention conventions to the mire of bureaucracy that accompanies the naming of a street (which may only be named after dead people, preferably deceased for at least 15 years)--Blume unveils the French quest for perfection in a world that's perfectly imperfect because of French design, and how the logic of Descartes's descendents--regarding such points as grammar--is sometimes extreme to the point of being irrational. She captures trends, from the fashionable la ratte potato to the metric system. She records notable moments---the death of a designer, the opening of a charm school for men--and notable people, such as Renoir's jet-setting son and Simone de Beauvoir. Of course, this being a book about France, Blume occasionally delves into food, be it the inner workings of a soup kitchen or the launching of cooking classes taught by royalty. With these witty and insightful short snippets, Blume provides small, crystal-clear windows into true French life--a rare accomplishment from an expatriate or a native. --Melissa Rossi [via]
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Full Frontal Fashion: Never Worry Again About What To Wearby Melissa SohnsISBN 0452286662 (0-452-28666-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 0451526716 (0-451-52671-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged. [via]
Hans Christian Andersen's the Little Mermaidby Margaret MaloneyISBN 0458951102 (0-458-95110-2)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 0451527119 (0-451-52711-9)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV'Book summary:Written between 1596 and 1597, Henry IV Part One represents Shakespeare's increasingly mature talent in staging the history of the early Tudor monarchy. Midway in the cycle of Shakespeare's History Plays, which begin with Richard II and ultimately culminate in his last play, Henry VIII, Henry IV Part One tells the story of the troubled reign of Henry IV following his deposition of Richard II. The historical action revolves around the attempt by Henry Percy (known as Hotspur) to overthrow Henry at the Battle of Shrewsbury. However, over half the play deals with the transformation of Henry's profligate son, Prince Hal (the future King Henry V), from tavern joker to national icon.
The whole play is stolen from its kings and princes by Shakespeare's greatest comic creation, the "fat-kidneyed rascal" Sir John Falstaff, king of his own dominions--the taverns and brothels of London's Eastcheap district. The tavern scenes of the play are some of the most evocative accounts of 16th-century popular London life. They revolve around the comical but ultimately sinister relationship between Falstaff and his young apprentice Hal, who learns to "so offend to make offence a skill" as he learns the slippery ropes of realpolitik and kingship. The play is considered by many to be the liveliest and most profound of Shakespeare's History Plays, and remains one of its most popular examples. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Idiotby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Henry Carlisle, Olga Andreyev CarlisleISBN 0451528387 (0-451-52838-7)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Idiot'Book summary:Written by one of the greatest literary minds the world has ever known, this ambitious novel is the story of Prince Myshkin, an almost comically innocent Christ-figure who is Dostoyevsky's vision of salvation for a cynical Russia. [via]
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The Iliadby Homer, W. H. D. RouseISBN 0451527372 (0-451-52737-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad : The Story of Achilles'Book summary:Focusing on the closing days of the Trojan War, this novel incorporates the same epic cast of gods and warriors from The Odyssey. From the kidnapping of Helen from her Greek home to the death of Achilles's companion, the battle rages between two warring nations and the gods which protect both sides. Thrilling in content, but literate and subtle in its meaning, The Iliad remains a classic among classics. [via]
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The Impressionistby Hari KunzruISBN 0452283973 (0-452-28397-3)
Softcover, Plume
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Impressionist'Book summary:The antihero of The Impressionist, Hari Kunzru's daringly ambitious first novel, is half English and half Indian. In the Raj of the 1920s, the racial and social divides are enormous, but Pran Nath is able to bridge them, crossing from one side to another in a series of reinventions of his own personality. He begins as the spoiled child of an Indian lawyer, but circumstances thrust him out of his pampered adolescence into the teeming and dangerous life of the streets. After a bewildering period as one of the pawns in Machiavellian political and sexual scheming in the decadent court of a minor Maharajah, he escapes to Bombay. There he is taken up by a half-demented Scottish missionary and his wife, but Pran Nath prefers to slope off to the city's red-light district whenever he can. During a time of riot and bloodshed, the chance of re-creating himself as an English schoolboy destined for public school and Oxford presents itself, and he takes it. But this is not his final transformation.
In certain ways Kunzru is almost too ambitious. There is so much crammed onto the pages of The Impressionist that some of it, almost inevitably, doesn't work as well as it might. However, as the shapeshifting Pran Nath moves from one identity to another, knockabout farce mixes with satire, social comedy with parody. And beneath the comic exuberance and linguistic invention, there is an intelligent and occasionally moving examination of notions of self, identity, and what it means to belong to a class or society. --Nick Rennison, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Journals of Lewis and Clarkby William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John Edwin Bakeless, John BakelessISBN 0451528344 (0-451-52834-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Jungleby Upton Beall SinclairISBN 0451528042 (0-451-52804-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle'Book summary:In this powerful book we enter the world of Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. And we discover, with him, the astonishing truth about "packingtown," the busy, flourishing, filthy Chicago stockyards, where new world visions perish in a jungle of human suffering. Upton Sinclair, master of the "muckraking" novel, here explores the workingman's lot at the turn of the century: the backbreaking labor, the injustices of "wage-slavery," the bewildering chaos of urban life. The Jungle , a story so shocking that it launched a government investigation, recreates this startling chapter if our history in unflinching detail. Always a vigorous champion on political reform, Sinclair is also a gripping storyteller, and his 1906 novel stands as one of the most important -- and moving -- works in the literature of social change. [via]
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Laocoon Nathan the Wise Minna Von Barnhelmby G.E. LessingISBN 0460008439 (0-460-00843-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Le Mariageby Diane JohnsonISBN 0452282268 (0-452-28226-8)
Softcover, Plume
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Le Morte D'Arthurby Thomas MaloryISBN 0460010468 (0-460-01046-8)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Morte D'Arthur'Book summary:An immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery and death.
Edited and first published by William Caxton in 1485, Le Morte D'Arthur is Sir Thomas Malory's unique and splendid version of the Arthurian legend. Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail; all the elements are there woven into a wonderful completeness by the magic of his prose style.
The result is not only one of the most readable accounts of the knights of the Round Table but also one of the most moving. As the story advances towards the inevitable tragedy of Arthur's death the effect is cumulative, rising with an impending sense of doom and tragedy towards its shattering finale. [via]
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Leisure: The Basis of Cultureby Josef PieperISBN 0451626362 (0-451-62636-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott, Susan StraightISBN 0451529308 (0-451-52930-8)
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Lives of the Paintersby Gilorgio VasariISBN 0460007874 (0-460-00787-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The Living Cityby Frank Lloyd WrightISBN 0452010357 (0-452-01035-7)
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The Mabinogionby Gwyn Jones, Thomas JonesISBN 0460000977 (0-460-00097-7)
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Preface by John Updike
The 11 stories of The Mabinogion, first assembled on paper in the fourteenth century, reach far back into the earlier oral traditions of Welsh poetry.
Closely linked to the Arthurian legends--King Arthur himself is a character--they summon up a world of mystery and magic that is still evoked by the Welsh landscape they so vividly describe. Mingling fantasy with tales of chivalry, these stories not only prefigure the later medieval romances, but stand on their own as magnificent evocations of a golden age of Celtic civilization.
This translation of The Mabinogion has, since its first appearance in 1949, been recognized as a classic in its own right. It was last revised by Gwyn Jones and his wife, Mair, in 1993. [via]More editions of The Mabinogion:
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The Mabinogionby Thomas Jones, Gwyn JonesISBN 0460010972 (0-460-01097-2)
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Preface by John Updike
The 11 stories of The Mabinogion, first assembled on paper in the fourteenth century, reach far back into the earlier oral traditions of Welsh poetry.
Closely linked to the Arthurian legends--King Arthur himself is a character--they summon up a world of mystery and magic that is still evoked by the Welsh landscape they so vividly describe. Mingling fantasy with tales of chivalry, these stories not only prefigure the later medieval romances, but stand on their own as magnificent evocations of a golden age of Celtic civilization.
This translation of The Mabinogion has, since its first appearance in 1949, been recognized as a classic in its own right. It was last revised by Gwyn Jones and his wife, Mair, in 1993. [via]More editions of The Mabinogion:
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Malory's Le Morte D' Arthurby Thomas Malory, Keith BainesISBN 0451528166 (0-451-52816-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Malory's Le Morte D' Arthur'Book summary:From the incredible wizardry of Merlin to the undeniable passion of Sir Launcelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights offer epic adventures with the supernatural-as well as timeless battles with our own humanity. [via]
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Malory's Le Morte D'Arthurby Malory ThomasISBN 0451625676 (0-451-62567-6)
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Marilynby Gloria SteinemISBN 0452259827 (0-452-25982-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Measure for Measureby William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, S. NagarajanISBN 0451527151 (0-451-52715-1)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measure for Measure'Book summary:A dark and difficult play, Measure for Measure has been a popular play since the latter half of the 20th century for its prescient dramatisation of the issues of sexual and political hypocrisy, and the ways in which the state interferes in the private lives of its citizens. Set in Duke Vincentio's Vienna, where poverty, disease and prostitution are rife, Claudio and his fiancée Juliet are arrested for having sex before marriage, and Claudio is sentenced to death. Angelo, the Duke's deputy, who stands in for the Duke whilst he ostensibly goes off on a pilgrimage, enthusiastically endorses the sentence. In fact the Duke remains behind the scenes, watching Angelo as he falls for Claudio's sister Isabella, who comes to beg for her brother's life. Angelo is a wonderful creation, loathsome yet fascinating as he struggles with the double standards of his enforcement of draconian laws whilst lusting after the sister of the man he is prepared to execute, debating "The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?".
No one is spared Shakespeare's withering look at the mores of early 17th-century life, not even the pimps and madams who try to get by in the midst of the Duke's bizarre and coercive disguises and performances. The deeply ambiguous ending of Measure for Measure confirms it as one of Shakespeare's most ambivalent and arguably despairing plays. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, Kenneth MyrickISBN 0451526805 (0-451-52680-5)
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hoodby Howard Pyle, Knight, Stephen (AFT)ISBN 0451530268 (0-451-53026-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potentialby Barry Buzan, Tony BuzanISBN 0452273226 (0-452-27322-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential'Book summary:The potential of the human brain is phenomenal, and Tony Buzan has been a pioneer in researching that potential and helping people learn how to make the most of their brainpower. The Mind Map Book is his most important and comprehensive book on the subject. It offers exciting new ways of using and improving memory, concentration, and creativity in planning and structuring thought on all levels, in order to accelerate the ability to learn, remember, and record information.[via]Mind Mapping and Radiant Thinking are groundbreaking methods of accessing intelligence, developed over many years by the author, and in The Mind Map Book he provides a complete operating manual for all who want to use their brains to their fullest potential. It is a process currently used with extraordinary success by multinational corporations, leading universities, champion athletes, and outstanding artists. Featuring a range of stimulating excercises and a lavish collection of full-color photographs and original Mind Maps that illustrate the technique, it shows you precisely how to:
- Mirror and magnify your brain's pattern of perception and association in the way you learn, think, and create
- Quickly master the right way to take notes, organize a speech, a writing assignment, a report
- Join with others to pool thinking productively, memorize a mammoth amount of data, free your ideas to grow and expand constantly in depth and dimension
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Elizabeth RenkerISBN 0451526996 (0-451-52699-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:Avec Moby Dick, Melville a donné naissance à un livre-culte et inscrit dans la mémoire des hommes un nouveau mythe : celui de la baleine blanche. Fort de son expérience de marin, qui a nourri ses romans précédents et lui a assuré le succès, l'écrivain américain, alors en pleine maturité, raconte la folle quête du capitaine Achab et sa dernière rencontre avec le grand cachalot. Véritable encyclopédie de la mer, nouvelle Bible aux accents prophétiques, parabole chargée de thèmes universels, Moby Dick n'en reste pas moins construit avec une savante maîtrise, maintenant un suspense lent, qui s'accélère peu à peu jusqu'à l'apocalypse finale. L'écriture de Melville, infiniment libre et audacieuse, tour à tour balancée, puis hachée au rythme des houles, des vents et des passions humaines, est d'une richesse exceptionnelle. Il faut remonter à Shakespeare pour trouver l'exemple d'une langue aussi inventive, d'une poésie aussi grandiose. --Scarbo [via]
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My Antoniaby Willa Cather, Marilyn SidesISBN 0451529723 (0-451-52972-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Antonia'Book summary:It seems almost sacrilege to infringe upon a book as soulful and rich as Willa Cather's My Ántonia by offering comment. First published in 1918, and set in Nebraska in the late 19th century, this tale of the spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant family planning to farm on the untamed land ("not a country at all but the material out of which countries are made") comes to us through the romantic eyes of Jim Burden. He is, at the time of their meeting, newly orphaned and arriving at his grandparents' neighboring farm on the same night her family strikes out to make good in their new country. Jim chooses the opening words of his recollections deliberately: "I first heard of Ántonia on what seemed to be an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America," and it seems almost certain that readers of Cather's masterpiece will just as easily pinpoint the first time they heard of Ántonia and her world. It seems equally certain that they, too, will remember that moment as one of great light in an otherwise unremarkable trip through the world.
Ántonia, who, even as a grown woman somewhat downtrodden by circumstance and hard work, "had not lost the fire of life," lies at the center of almost every human condition that Cather's novel effortlessly untangles. She represents immigrant struggles with a foreign land and tongue, the restraints on women of the time (with which Cather was very much concerned), the more general desires for love, family, and companionship, and the great capacity for forbearance that marked the earliest settlers on the frontier.
As if all this humanity weren't enough, Cather paints her descriptions of the vastness of nature--the high, red grass, the road that "ran about like a wild thing," the endless wind on the plains--with strokes so vivid as to make us feel in our bones that we've just come in from a walk on that very terrain ourselves. As the story progresses, Jim goes off to the University in Lincoln to study Latin (later moving on to Harvard and eventually staying put on the East Coast in another neat encompassing of a stage in America's development) and learns Virgil's phrase "Optima dies ... prima fugit" that Cather uses as the novel's epigraph. "The best days are the first to flee"--this could be said equally of childhood and the earliest hours of this country in which the open land, much like My Ántonia, was nothing short of a rhapsody in prairie sky blue. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'N' Roll Music,3rd Revised Editionby Greil MarcusISBN 0452267129 (0-452-26712-9)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'N' Roll Music,3rd Revised Edition'Book summary:More than 20 years after its initial publication, Mystery Train remains one of the smartest, most provocative books ever written about rock-and-roll. Marcus puts his subjects--which include Robert Johnson, Elvis Presley, The Band, Randy Newman, and Sly Stone--into their proper context, which is the culture-at-large. He makes you understand why these musicians matter, and what they've contributed to the American imagination. In his introduction, Marcus confesses that he's no longer "capable of mulling over Elvis without thinking about Herman Melville"--to the benefit, I might add, of both parties. [via]
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The Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock-n-Rollby Greil MarcusISBN 0452278368 (0-452-27836-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock-n-Roll'Book summary:More than 20 years after its initial publication, Mystery Train remains one of the smartest, most provocative books ever written about rock-and-roll. Marcus puts his subjects--which include Robert Johnson, Elvis Presley, The Band, Randy Newman, and Sly Stone--into their proper context, which is the culture-at-large. He makes you understand why these musicians matter, and what they've contributed to the American imagination. In his introduction, Marcus confesses that he's no longer "capable of mulling over Elvis without thinking about Herman Melville"--to the benefit, I might add, of both parties. [via]
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Mythologyby Edith HamiltonISBN 0451628039 (0-451-62803-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Mythologyby Steele Savage, Edith HamiltonISBN 0452009855 (0-452-00985-5)
Softcover, Meridian Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythology'Book summary:Edith Hamilton loved the ancient Western myths with a passion--and this classic compendium is her tribute. "The tales of Greek mythology do not throw any clear light upon what early mankind was like," Hamilton explains in her introduction. "They do throw an abundance of light upon what early Greeks were like--a matter, it would seem, of more importance to us, who are their descendents intellectually, artistically, and politically. Nothing we learn about them is alien to ourselves." Fans of Greek mythology will find all the great stories and characters here--Perseus, Hercules, and Odysseus--each discussed in generous detail by the voice of an impressively knowledgeable and engaging (with occasional lapses) narrator. This is also an excellent primer for middle- and high-school students who are studying ancient Greek and Roman culture and literature. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Norval Morrisseau and the Emergence of the Image Makersby Elizabeth McLuhanISBN 0458973904 (0-458-97390-4)
Softcover, Thomson Professional Pub Cn
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert Darwin, Julian HuxleyISBN 0451529065 (0-451-52906-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:One of the most controversial books ever written... The classic that changed the way we look at the world-- and ourselves.
In the words of Ashley Montagu, "Next to the Bible no work has been quite as influential, in virtually every aspect of human thought, as The Origin of Species."
With an introduction by Sir Julian Huxley, this edition reminds us why Darwin's work exploded into public controversy and revolutionized the course of science--and continues to transform our views of the world as a new millennium dawns.
"Next to the Bible no work has beenquite as influential."--Ashley Montagu
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Philosophy of Aristotleby Renford Bambrough, Aristotle, J. L. Creed, A. E. WardmanISBN 0451627830 (0-451-62783-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy of Aristotle'Book summary:Publication Date: June 1, 1963 | Series: Mentor Over two thousand years ago Aristotle's investigation into these fields established unique standards of philosophic inquiry, observation, judgment. This book offers a new selection in a new translation, along with a contemporary reevaluation of the philosophy of the master of Western thought, and shows his vital, continuing influence in our modern world. [via]
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Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibitionby Bernard MalamudISBN 0452257581 (0-452-25758-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Pierre, Or, the Ambiguitiesby Herman MelvilleISBN 0452009960 (0-452-00996-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Pilgrim's Progressby John BunyanISBN 0451528336 (0-451-52833-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pilgrim's Progress'Book summary:The great religious allegory of Christian's journey, through the Slough of Despond to the Celestial City, in search of the truth. [via]
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The Pillars of the Earthby Ken FollettISBN 0452280109 (0-452-28010-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pillars of the Earth'Book summary:Ken Follett had long been a staple of the bestseller lists for his novels of intrigue and espionage. Then came The Pillars of the Earth, a grand novel of epic storytelling that readers and critics quickly hailed as his crowning achievement. Now, The Pillars of the Earth is available for the first time to a new audience of readers, in this attractive new trade paperback edition.
In 12th-century England, the building of a mighty Gothic cathedral signals the dawn of a new age. This majestic creation will bond clergy and kings, knights and peasants together in a story of toil, faith, ambition and rivalry. A sweeping tale of the turbulent middle ages, The Pillars of the Earth is a masterpiece from one of the world's most popular authors.
"A novel of majesty and power...Will hold you, fascinate you, surround you." --Chicago Sun-Times
"A towering tale...There's murder, arson, treachery, torture, love, and lust...A good time can be had by all." --New York Daily News
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Poems and Propheciesby William BlakeISBN 0460007920 (0-460-00792-0)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0451527461 (0-451-52746-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:A new edition of the classic THE PRINCE. A political treatise by the Florentine political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. [via]
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Return Of The Bunny Suicidesby Andy RileyISBN 0452286239 (0-452-28623-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Return Of The Bunny Suicides'Book summary:[via]Return of the Bunny Suicides follows over one hundred bunnies as they find ever more bizarre ways to end their fuzzy little existences. From swimming with nibbly fishes, to hiding under an elephants footstool, to getting on the sharp end of a Venetian gondolano stone goes unturned (or undropped, or uncatapulted) in the twisted little creatures next installment.
Illustrated in a spare and simple style, Return of the Bunny Suicides is a collection of hilarious and outrageous cartoons that will appeal to anyone in touch with their evil side.
Bunnies on the web: http://www.bookofbunnysuicides.com
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Rice Bowl Womenby Dorothy ShimerISBN 0451620828 (0-451-62082-8)
Softcover, New American Library
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The Stuffed Owl: An Anthology of Bad Verseby Dominic Bevan Wyndham LewisISBN 0460011863 (0-460-01186-3)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Tao Te Chingby Lao Tzu, Lynn, Richard John (AFT), R. B. BlakneyISBN 0451530403 (0-451-53040-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tao Te Ching'Book summary:The essential, classic text of Taoism.[via]
These 81 poems comprise an Eastern classic, the mystical and moral teachings of which have profoundly influenced the sacred scriptures of many religions.More editions of Tao Te Ching:
The Timeless Myths: How Acient Legends Influence the Modern Worldby Alexander EliotISBN 0452011264 (0-452-01126-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet, Alvin B. KernanISBN 0451526856 (0-451-52685-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice'Book summary:An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages. [via]
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Treasures of the Vatican Collectionsby Alan LevyISBN 0452253934 (0-452-25393-4)
Softcover, Book Sales
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Understanding Media: The Extension of Manby Herbert Marshall McLuhanISBN 0451627652 (0-451-62765-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Understanding Media: The Extension of Man'Book summary:When Marshall McLuhan first coined the phrases "global village" and "the medium is the message" in 1964, no-one could have predicted today's information-dependent planet. No-one, that is, except for a handful of science fiction writers and Marshall McLuhan. Understanding Media was written twenty years before the PC revolution and thirty years before the rise of the Internet. Yet McLuhan's insights into our engagement with a variety of media led to a complete rethinking of our entire society. He believed that the message of electronic media foretold the end of humanity as it was known. In 1964, this looked like the paranoid babblings of a madman. In our twenty-first century digital world, the madman looks quite sane. Understanding Media: the most important book ever written on communication. Ignore its message at your peril. [via]
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Unto This Lastby John RuskinISBN 0460002163 (0-460-00216-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Video-Visions: A Medium Discovers Itselfby Jonathan PriceISBN 0452251621 (0-452-25162-1)
Hardcover, New American Library
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Walden Or, Life in the Woods and "on the Duty of Civil Disobedience"by Henry David ThoreauISBN 0451527070 (0-451-52707-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden Or, Life in the Woods and "on the Duty of Civil Disobedience"'Book summary:Henry David Thoreau was a sturdy individualist and a lover of nature. In March, 1845, he built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived until September 1847. Walden is Thoreaus autobiograophical account of his Robinson Crusoe existence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience is the classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty, and is considered one of the most famous essays ever written. This newly repackaged edition also includes a selection of Thoreau's poetry. [via]
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Warhol: A Personal Photographic Memoirby Christopher MakosISBN 0452262313 (0-452-26231-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Warhol: A Personal Photographic Memoir'Book summary:Andy Warhol called Christopher Makos "the most modern photographer in America." He also called him one of his closest friends for the last fourteen years of his life. Here, Makos shares with us that friendship and shows us, up-close, a fascinating portrait of Andy Warhol, his world, and his celebrity friends. Glamorous, eye-opening, extraordinary, these photos show Warhol with such personalities as Debbie Harry, (Warhol's favorite pop star), Mick Jagger, Salvador Dali, Georgia O'Keeffe, Eugene Ionesco, Bill Murray, John Denver, and Liza Minelli. 127 pages; 136 b&w photographs; 7 x 5 inches. [via]
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The Way of Life : Tao Te Chingby Lao TzuISBN 0451626745 (0-451-62674-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way of Life : Tao Te Ching'Book summary:Tao Te Ching: The Way of Life A new translation of the Tao Te Ching, by R.B. Blakney Softcover book published by Mentor Books, copyright (renewed) 1983, 21st printing [via]
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The Way of Life : Tao Te Ching: the Classic Translationby Lao Tzu, R. B. BlakneyISBN 0451527941 (0-451-52794-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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What to Listen for in Musicby Aaron Copland, William Schuman, Alan RichISBN 0451528670 (0-451-52867-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth Grahame, Alex Taso, Luanne RiceISBN 0451530144 (0-451-53014-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow, Regina BarrecaISBN 0451530292 (0-451-53029-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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El Ciclo Del Hombre Lobo / Cycle of the Werewolfby Stephen KingISBN 0451821114 (0-451-82111-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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